I wandered around the nearby village of Saint Savinien at the weekend. It’s an incredibly pretty little town nestled along a curve of the slow moving Charente. It has a few narrow streets climbing the hill up to the church, and I took this photo in one of them.
I often wonder about the naming of streets. Some are descriptive, indicating what lies, or used to lie, in a particular direction. Rue de la Gare, for instance (station street), or Rue de la Moulin (mill street). However many are named after famous people or events, maybe connected to that locality, or maybe National characters, battles, or historical dates.
This street, the one in this photograph, has a descriptive name. What do you think it is?
I’ll make it clearer for you with this photo ….
The street name is on a plaque just above that no waiting sign. Can you see it?
Isn’t that lovely?
What a well named street! “Rose Street”.
Are there any streets near you which you think are especially well named?
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I also love well named streets. Here we have several in this newish neighborhood. One named for cattails, a native marshy plant that is all over. And there is one that faces east and is named Daylight. Another faces west as it named Eventide. Well named streets are a treat. Love the roses.
Wow! Great street names! I like those!
A much more aptly named Rose Street, Bob, than the street with the same name in Edinburgh – not a rose to be seen there at all.
Can’t think of a street name, but I’ve always liked the name of the spot at the summit of the road between Arrochar and Loch Fyne in Scotland – Rest and Be Thankful. Images of weary 19th century travellers climbing the 800+ feet and stopping to rest. The poet Shelley, while on a Grand Tour of Scotland, expected to find a tavern with that name when he struggled all the way up there, and was distressed to learn that the nearest pub was miles further down the road.